Check out the new spoilers today for MTG's next expansion, Theros: Beyond Death. This set will release on January 16 for MTG Arena. There are a lot of cool cards to look forward to! Which are your favorites?
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Am I the only one who sees Dalakos crafting a fishing rod in his artwork?
A WONDROUS fishing rod!
Oh my mistake, I forgot the wondrous part! lol
Ashiok's Erasure looks like it will be a staple card in any blue deck in the future. It is basically just ixalan's binding with flash that doubles as a counterspell. *edit* I have just noticed that you cannot hit cards that are already on the battlefield (I am still not 100% sure on this, some clarification would be nice) so this card doesn't work as hard removal, but it is still a nice counterspell.
Birth of Meletis looks like a nice little card for decks that care about enchantments. 2 mana to tutor a land plus get some defensive tools is nice, probably not enough to warrant inclusion in a deck, but being an enchantment that puts itself into the graveyard might make it worthwhile.
Dalakos looks weird, blue isn't the color for equipping creatures. I just don't really see a deck where this guy is good. Although flying and haste might be a big enough advantage to make something happen.
Sweet Oblivion probably isn't good enough, milling any player for 4 cards isn't bad, but 4 mana escape cost makes it worse than some of the mill tools we have available right now. The translation isn't confirmed yet, let's hope maybe it is a little bit better, maybe milling more cards or make the escape cost less.
Glimpse of Freedom looks very interesting. Being able to draw a card any time you want is a nice little mana sink. However, needing to exile 5 other cards from your graveyard each time makes this card look a lot worse. Radical Idea wasn't used too much outside of Draw 2 decks or some other niche decks that cared about casting instants/sorceries. I don't think this card is good enough to replace Radical Idea, and I don't think it is good enough to run alongside it.
Reverent Hoplight looks pretty obvious in mono-white midrange decks. Being able to make lots of tokens is always useful, though I don't know if this card will be needed. If you have a big board, then you shouldn't worry too much about making an even bigger board but rather using your current board to just kill your opponent. This card doesn't help you to get back up when you fall behind, it is just a 'win more' card. If you are doing good, then it will help you to do even better, but if you are doing poorly, then you will continue to do even worse after playing this.
Chainweb Aracnir looks pretty neat. It is a small creature in the early game, and a bigger creature in the later game. It also has flying-hate, but you would mainly want to play it simply because it is multiple creatures in one. It just seems like a decent creature all around, not much to hate about it. And remember that you can escape as many times as you want, so this is way more than a one-drop and a five-drop, it is always there to be played.
Settesan Priest is probably not a very good card. Gaining life isn't a very exciting effect unless you get a good payoff from it like Ajani's Pridemate or Dawn of Hope. Gaining life in general isn't a very reliable strategy, why would I want to stack up 70+ life points when I could just kill you?
Nice evaluation on the new cards! I already despise Blue and can see that Ashiok's Erasure is going to be high on my "most hated" list. I also agree that Chainweb Aracnir will be versatile, especially in draft formats. Don't forget you still have the Escape cost, which includes exiling four cards from your graveyard, so it does have some limitations on re-playability.
One thing thats interesting is that even if you're getting milled horribly all your replayability goes up in this set, you'll have lots of choices and ways to put things into play even when they're just memories in your graveyard.
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